# 119-s-324: Smarter Weather Forecasting for Water Management, Farming, and Ranching Act of 2025

119-s-324, Smarter Weather Forecasting for Water Management, Farming, and Ranching Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-324
- Congress: 119
- Title: Smarter Weather Forecasting for Water Management, Farming, and Ranching Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Improving subseasonal-to-seasonal precipitation forecasts** by directing NOAA to run two pilot projects: one to help water management in the western United States and one to support U.S. agriculture. The pilots would focus on better mountain and ocean-atmosphere observations and on model improvements, be run with universities and NOAA centers, include measurable operational goals, and the authority would expire five years after enactment. - Western water managers: Would target the science and operational modeling gaps that affect mountainous regions, including precipitation intensity, the rain-versus-snow split, atmospheric rivers, and ocean influences on storm tracks. - Farmers and ranchers: Would aim to improve forecasts for warm-season precipitation, soil moisture and flash drought processes, and spring and summer large-scale flow anomalies to make agricultural forecasting more reliable. - Researchers and NOAA operations: Would require engagement with institutions of higher education, Regional Climate Centers, and NOAA data centers, set measurable objectives for forecast improvement, and is backed by annual funding. *Would authorize $45 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to carry out the pilot projects.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Better forecasts for water and farms: benefit, medium. This bill would direct NOAA to run at least two pilot projects to improve subseasonal-to-seasonal precipitation forecasts. One pilot would focus on water management in the western United States. One pilot would focus on agriculture across the United States. The projects would target issues like mou…

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- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-324 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/324)

## Related
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- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-324 (as of 2026-09-10).